We cannot drop our guard after all COVID -19 patients were cleared – Doc Waqainabete
Fiji now COVID-19 free - PM

We cannot drop our guard after all COVID -19 patients were cleared – Doc Waqainabete

Fiji now COVID-19 free - PM

By Iva Danford , Naveel Krishant
Friday 05/06/2020
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete

Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says even though all the COVID-19 patients in Fiji have been cleared, we cannot drop our guard.

Waqainabete says we all have to understand what the new normal is.

He says the fight against COVID-19 continues and processes are still in place as long as it prevails around the world.

Waqainabete reiterates the physical distancing, personal and hand hygiene must continue.

He says they have to make sure the guidelines in place do not change.

An emotional Waqainabete thanked the people that were working at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 especially at the Navua hospital.

Dr Waqainabete says that all the doctors and nurses that were looking after the last three patients will now go through a period of self-isolation and guarantee.

He says more than 2,000 COVID-19 tests have been done and so far 92 percent of Fiji’s population have been screened in the fever clinics.

The Health Minister says about 100 people are still in quarantine facilities.

He says the contact tracing app will help them in contact tracing as there were times that the health officials had difficulties in contact tracing.

Fiji now COVID-19 free - PM

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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says with no deaths, our recovery rate is 100%.

He says even with our testing numbers climbing by the day, it is 45 days since Fiji recorded its last case.

Bainimarama says this has been achieved through answered prayers, hard work, and affirmation of science.

Meanwhile, congratulatory messages have started to pour in for Fiji.

The US Ambassador to Fiji, Joseph Cella thanked Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the entire team for their exemplary swift, decisive, strong and transparent leadership which helped navigate Fiji to scale up and maintain its defences against this global killer virus while being hit by Cyclone Harold no less.

Meanwhile, congratulatory messages have started to pour in for Fiji.

Cella also thanked Dr. Alisha Sahukhan and her team at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control for their hardwork.

The United Nations in the Pacific tweeted that Fiji’s commitment to science, solutions and solidarity has yielded the results they were all hoping for.

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